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Asked whether his forthright nuclear stance invited criticism from Western powers concerned about a South Asian arms race, Atal Bihari Vajpayee said: "We are not concerned with anyone's displeasure...
James Williamson, also a member of Save Central Square, said he felt city officials had not been forthright in their dealings with neighbors...
After the second Hiss trial, Luce said he didn't want Chambers back at the magazine. Some of his friends, citing his forthright testimony in the trial, thought he should be allowed back. But Luce said: "A converted Communist on the staff? That's fine. But a man who spied against America?" Much as he admired Chambers as a journalist, he couldn't tolerate that...
...since December 1996. She defends the young woman she took into her home. She believes that "Monica had an obsessive-compulsive personality. The way she works her way into your life, yes. She really likes people to accept her." But, Dave says, "she's very direct, very sincere, very forthright. I don't think Monica embellishes at all. She loved to get into people's minds, to understand why people do what they do." And she had a kind of vision too. Says Dave: "She was interested in the mystic arts, the higher mind, karma, destiny." Now she's mired...
...alarmists are right only in that there ismuch to fear today. But if the academic world wereto grant the conclusion that there is little or nohope, the baleful predictions might well cometrue. When more universities reject self pity andtake instead a forthright stand against eachunfounded attack, the education can match in itsown defense that spirit of progress and initiativewhich has marked its advance in every otherintellectual endeavor...